Quickdrop shortcuts do not work

[Mads]

There is one feature in LV2009 that does not seem to work when I try it - namely the Quickdrop shortcuts.

If e.g. I select a VI, then hit Ctrl+Space to get the Quickdrop window - and then hit Ctrl+D, I would expect it to creates controls and indicators for all unwired inputs and outputs...but the only thing that happens is that it shows me items starting with the letter D....as if I did not hold down Ctrl.

I have not touched any of the quickdrop resources etc. so everything should be as it would come out of the box...has anyone else experienced this? Debugging what happens is not possible as Quickdrop is password protected...

[Ben]

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Mads wrote:

There is one feature in LV2009 that does not seem to work when I try it - namely the Quickdrop shortcuts.

If e.g. I select a VI, then hit Ctrl+Space to get the Quickdrop window - and then hit Ctrl+D, I would expect it to creates controls and indicators for all unwired inputs and outputs...but the only thing that happens is that it shows me items starting with the letter D....as if I did not hold down Ctrl.

I have not touched any of the quickdrop resources etc. so everything should be as it would come out of the box...has anyone else experienced this? Debugging what happens is not possible as Quickdrop is password protected...

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It worked for me.

Did you select the node first?

Select object

ctrl-space

crtl-d

Ben

[elset191]

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If e.g. I select a VI, then hit Ctrl+Space to get the Quickdrop window - and then hit Ctrl+D, I would expect it to creates controls and indicators for all unwired inputs and outputs...but the only thing that happens is that it shows me items starting with the letter D....as if I did not hold down Ctrl.

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My computer is kind of old, and my ctrl button doesn't always work when I "press" it.  Perhaps the same for you?

[Mads]

Yes...I first select the node (the write to spreadsheet VI without any connections e.g.) - hit ctrl-space (the quickdrop pops up), then ctrl-D (while quickdrop is open)...Quickdrop starts showing me options containing D, as if Ctrl was not pressed down..The same goes for the other shortcuts.

The Ctrl-button works fine for other tasks, yes;-)

If the problem is that I'm doing something wrong it is likely to be very difficult to "debug" without someone actually observing me though, so my hope was that perhaps someone else had had the same problem and had discovered a solution.

I'm installing LV2009 on a different computer now (we have not released it to the rest of our programmers yet so no one to compare with), in case this is a local phenomenon.

[Ben]

I tried to get in NOT to work and failed.

As an attempt to rule out something weired in the LabVIEW.ini try a re-name and re-start.

Ben

[Darren · Accepted solution]

Have you installed Norm's current release of LV Speak?  If you do that, Quick Drop shortcuts won't work because he overwrites some key Quick Drop VIs with 8.6 versions of the code, which, of course, don't support the shortcuts.

We're working on addressing this in future releases of LV Speak and/or Quick Drop.

[Mads]

I have LV Speak installed in my version of LV 8.6.1, and did suspect that it could be involved - but I have not installed LV Speak in LV2009...I'm not sure how it has affected the new 2009 installation.

Aaah, it's the VI Package Manager...it automatically installed LV Speak on LV2009 when I added it in VIPM....

Thanks Darren!

Message Edited by Mads on 08-25-2009 03:43 AM

[Mads]

FYI - I uninstalled LV Speak from VIPM, and Quickdrop started working...